The next day, when Zhang's mother woke up, Qi Xiangsi was no longer in the house, and Zhang's mother hurriedly got up and asked Tian Steward, but learned that the five girls had been out of the temple for two hours.

Now Zhang's mother was a little anxious, and hurriedly asked Tian Steward to send a car to send her to the temple, before thinking that the five girls were only going to the temple in Huizhou City, and when the carriage went out of the city, it was bumpy all the way up the mountain, and Zhang's mother knew that the five girls went to the temple on the outskirts of Huizhou City.

Zhang's mother rushed to the temple at noon, and when she arrived at the back of the meditation room, she was told that in order to comfort Aunt Wei's spirit in the sky, the five girls had to meditate for a month, fasting and praying.

Lianxin stayed outside the meditation room, looking at Zhang's mother who rushed over with a smile: "Zhang's mother, you're here." ”

"Why don't you wake me up in the morning." Mother Zhang naturally put up a shelf in front of Lianxin, she was sent by her wife to take care of the five girls, why is no one calling her when she goes out now.

"Mother Zhang, I've called you several times in the morning." Lianxin walked down the eaves, looked at the house as if nothing, and said softly, "The girl went to the back room to see you after she got up, but she couldn't wake you up." ”

Zhang's mother was pale and pale for a moment, how could she not wake up, she slept very comfortably that night, and it was the most comfortable sleep she had ever slept in for a while.

"It can't be because Mother Zhang delayed the girl's time to pray for Aunt Wei, so we set off first." Lianxin took a step back and explained with a smile, "The girl said that Mother Zhang may be too tired these days and shouldn't bother you so much. ”

"Then I'll go in and see the girl." Mother Zhang couldn't help but say that she wanted to go into the house to see people, but Lianxin hurriedly stopped her, "Mother Zhang, this is not appropriate, the girl has already discussed with the temple that she will meditate here for a month, and no one is allowed to go in and disturb during this period." ”

"What meditation for a month, the lady has ordered that the matter here is over, and you should go back quickly, and you want the girl to stay in the house alone for a month." Zhang's mother asked sharply, "What about the jade people!" ”

"Sister Jade naturally accompanies the girl in the house." Lianxin was not afraid of her, and called Master behind her, only to see an old monk coming over, Mother Zhang's arrogance was extinguished a lot, and she called the master respectfully, "If you want my young lady to stay here for a month, I can't see it and I don't worry." ”

"If the heart is not sincere, it will not work." The old monk's words were calm and slow, "If the donor wants to go in, it is better to wait for the meditation to end." ”

The more she was not allowed to go in, the more Mother Zhang wanted to go in, Mother Chen told her to keep an eye on the five girls, how could she let her enter the meditation room without her seeing, who knew if there was anyone inside, she had to go in to see what was going on: "Master, since it has just begun, it should not be too much to open the door, if I don't see the girl, I can't explain to Mrs. ”

The old monk still looked like that, and his eyes were calm and showed some universal kindness: "Don't worry. ”

Seeing that they refused, Zhang's mother walked directly towards the door and decided to break in, if the girl was there, it would be fine, if she was not, if Mrs. knew about it, it would be her great credit.

At this moment, Qi Xiangsi's faint voice of inquiry came from the room: "What does Mother Zhang need to explain to her mother." ”

Mother Zhang was stunned: "Girl." ”

Leng Ling's voice came again: "Are you here to serve me sent by your mother, or are you here to monitor me?" ”

Mother Zhang couldn't help sweating on her forehead: "Fifth girl, I'm just worried about your safety." ”

"I used to have a lot of respect for you because you were assigned by your mother, why, now you think that your idea can be bigger than mine, and you can't break into this house."

Mother Zhang looked at the door, and the voice coming from inside was already angry, and she hurriedly said: "Madame sent me to serve the girl, so naturally I will listen to the girl." ”

"That's good." The voice inside interrupted her coldly, "Then in this month's time, you will clean up the Qi Mansion for me, and then let me hear you making noise outside, and I will send someone to send you back to Kyoto." ”

"Where did the girl say this, I'm just worried about the girl." Mother Zhang's eyes rolled and she changed her words, "Lianxin can't serve you alone, so it's better for me to stay here and take care of your daily life." ”

At this time, there was no sound in the room, and Zhang's mother looked at the closed window, and Lianxin asked her, "Zhang's mother, do you want to stay here?" ”

Of course she wants to stay, but if she stays, the five girls will send her back to Kyoto, Huizhou is so far away from Kyoto, it has been a month since she came and went, and the five girls who had been very talkative all the way suddenly changed when they came here, and she was also caught off guard.

"You're here with the girl." Zhang's mother thought about it, and finally came up with a way, "I'll come over after I'm busy during the day, and I'll go back when it's dark." ”

Lianxin admired her dedication: "That's really hard work." ”

At this time, Qi Xiangsi had already left Huizhou City and was on the way to Yongzhou.

The inconspicuous carriage, the two people were wearing ordinary people's clothes, and the carriage and the coachman were rented in Huizhou City yesterday.

Hurried during the day and rested at the post station at night, and six days later, Qi Xiangsi arrived in Yongzhou City.

After that, Qi Xiangsi rested for the night, and the next morning changed the carriage and set off for Nanxian, and three days later in the evening, the carriage entered the gate of Nanxian.

The slanting sun and sunset, not as magnificent as Yongzhou City, on the city gate, the stones piled up are covered with moss, and the corners of the stones carved with Nanxian County are somewhat damaged, and they have not been repaired for many years.

Qi Xiangsi has not come back for more than three years, from the Qi family accident, she fled to Yongzhou with her younger brother, and later was taken to Huizhou, after more than half a year to come back, at that time the people in the county were still talking about the Qi family's annihilation, and now, because the Qi family house was going to be bought by the county government, this matter was mentioned again.

Jade sighed: "It's so lively here. ”

Qi Xiangsi stood on the main street of Nanxian County, in the evening, the sun was about to close, and there were as many people as there were in the early morning, full of the shouts of street vendors.

The noodle shop on West Street is still there, and the shopkeeper seems to have gained a lot of weight; The charm of the proprietress of the rouge shop next door is still there, and she doesn't seem to be very old in the past four years; The grocery store shopkeeper on the other side is still like that, and he always likes to look at the rouge shop proprietress with a smile; There is also a pastry shop on the other side of West Street, every autumn, my sister always takes her to line up to buy osmanthus cakes.

Jade turned her head to look at the girl, and found that her eyes were red, and she shouted with concern, Qi Xiangsi raised her head, stretched out her finger and pointed to a place in front of her where the Buzhuang sign was hung: "Jade, do you know what shop used to be opened here." ”

Jade shook her head, and was about to ask what she was opening, when a sigh suddenly came from beside them: "That turned out to be the Qi family's medicinal food shop." ”

Qi Xiangsi turned around, and a vendor was setting up a stall behind them, saying that the movements in his hands were also fast, and he set up the stall in a while, put some small plays on it, and asked them with a smile: "The two girls are not from Nanxian County, right?" ”

"Yes, we just arrived in Nanxian today." Qi Xiangsi nodded, "This little brother must be from Nanxian County." ”

"I'm a native of Nanxian County, and I've been to Yongzhou City as far as I can." The vendor brother is very interesting, and after a few words, he began to introduce where to have fun in Nanxian County, where to eat and eat, "If the girl is passing by, she will go to the Yonghe shop at the end of the street to sit, if you stay for a few days, there are many places to play." ”

Qi Xiangsi smiled, pointed to the shop over there and asked: "I heard that the little brother just said that the shop over there was originally the Qi family's medicinal food shop, why has it become a cloth village now?" ”

"That's a major event that we haven't had in Nanxian for a hundred years." The vendor sighed again, "Dozens of people from the Qi family died overnight, and the old man of the Qi family is the only son, and the house and shop have been received by the county government. ”

Jade sounded a little strange: "The case four years ago, why didn't it report to the imperial court." "For example, a few years ago, there was a case of murder of a family of ten in Tongzhou, which was directly reported to Kyoto, and there was still a lot of rumors in Kyoto at that time.

"Unsolved cases are only reported, and when they are solved, the case is closed, vendetta." The vendor's tone was a little disdainful, "Only the county magistrate knows who killed him." ”

Jade was stunned, she was born outside Kyoto City, and she had heard a lot of things, but even the murderer didn't know who it was, where could she get the word "closed", and besides, such a big case, the county government had no right to close the case at all, even if it was reported to Yongzhou City, the prefect would have to weigh a few points.

"The girl is from a big place." The vendor looked through and shouted at the passers-by, shouting and singing, "This is Nanxian, the south of the south, the county of the county, drive the carriage to Kyoto, spring to summer, summer to autumn, far away, far away." ”

Jade looked at Nabuzhuang again, even if it had nothing to do with her, her heart swelled with inexplicability.

"The Qi family's shops have been sold, can anyone sell the house?" Qi Xiangsi picked up a small doll on the stall and asked the jade to pay, "The house of dozens of people must be not small." ”

"I don't know if anyone bought it before, but a while ago, the county government posted a notice to sell the Qi family's house, and the reserve price was fifty taels, and the one with the highest price would get it." The vendor nodded to the widest part of the street, "It's been a few days, and there are a lot of people." ”

Even the people of Nan Prefecture, who do business in Kyoto, know about this, and it is not surprising that there are many people who come, but it is really just to sell the house when so many people come and put such a low price.

Qi Xiangsi walked towards the end of the street, thinking in his heart, not noticing the ox cart that was about to be pushed behind him.

"Girl, be careful." Jade hurriedly pulled her away, and the ox cart passed by her, because the driver couldn't control it because of the rush of the push, and crashed directly into the sandbags piled up on the side of the road.

"Girl, are you alright?" Jade pulled her with palpitations, what she encountered on the street last time really scared her, "There are so many people, and this ox cart is too fast." ”

Qi Xiangsi shook his head: "Let's go ahead and have a look." ”

At this time, on the teahouse on the side of the street, two people were sitting there looking at the ox cart that had just been out of trouble on the street, and one of them kept looking at Qi Xiangsi, who was leaving, and his brows were tightly locked.

"Brother Fan, what are you looking at?" The young man on the side talked a lot, and when he saw that he was distracted, he looked in the direction he was looking, "What, I met an acquaintance?" ”

Fan Zhu's eyes flashed with a hint of uncertainty: "Zihe, I seem to have seen acacia." ”